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    Jealous hen?

    Oh no poor girl. We had a huge hawk here the other day, it clocked the chicks but a flock of cockatoos chased it relentlessly until it left the area. My opinion of the cockies improved significantly! We’ve had a couple of co-mothering situations where broodies have sat and hatched together and...
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    Jealous hen?

    Flock is currently about 10 hens, mixed breeds standard and bantam. Generally very settled and peaceful. They have been separated by a fence but could see and hear each other. I’ve definitely seen pecking order argybargy when a broody returns. I’ve also seen other hens show interest in the...
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    Jealous hen?

    We’ve raised chickens for around 20 years and never seen this before. Our experienced, older Belgian d’uccle has a clutch of chicks about 4 weeks old. They’ve just started mixing with the rest of the flock when out free ranging. Yesterday I noticed a young adult d’uccle (a previous chick of...
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